THE TAMPA TAMPA BAY ® Monthly E-Newsletter February 2016 HeraldA monthly publication of the Tampa, Florida, Chapter, Barbershop Harmony Society Volume 71 • Issue 2 In this issue: HoH Calendar of Events ............................2 From the President ...................................3 Singing Valentines Deliver!....................4-5 Membership/Guest News .........................6 SINGING VALENTINES Healthy Herald ................................... 7, 13 Installation & Awards ..........................8-10 Sharing the Love Quartet News .........................................11 all over Tampa Bay and Beyond Flashbacks ..............................................12 See Pages 4 & 5 Photo Contests ................................. 13, 18 Angel Notes............................................14 Rehearsal Notes ................................15-16 HoH & ToT Rehearsals .............................17 Win a Michigan Jake CD .................18 Chapter Quartets ....................................19 Barbershopper of the Month ..................20 Support Our Advertisers .........................20 Upcoming Birthdays ..............................21 Board Meeting Info ................................21 Friends of the Heralds ............................22 BACK PAGE 2016 Chapter Leadership Directory HoH Contact Info • Helpful Links Rehearsals (most Mondays) at 7 p.m.: Feb 15, 22, 29 March 7, 14, 21, 28 Terrace Palms Community Church 9620 Davis Road, Tampa, FL 33637 Click for Directions Welcome New Members: Paul Carter & Matt Nelson www.HeraldsofHarmony.org The Tampa HERALD Page 2 February 2016 HoH CALENDAR OF EVENTS DISTRICT AND SOCIETY EVENTS 2016 April 29-May 1, 2016 FEBUARY 2016 Spring Convention 15 Rehearsal 21 Heralds w/Toast of Tampa - The Villages 22 Rehearsal 29 Rehearsal MARCH 6 Heralds w/Toast of Tampa - Dunedin See you there! 7 Rehearsal ORLANDO AIRPORT MARRIOTT Need info? Visit... 10 Board Meeting http://sunshinedistrict.org/events/ 13 Heralds w/Toast of Tampa - Lakeland 14 Rehearsal 21 Rehearsal 28 Rehearsal APRIL 4 Rehearsal 11 Rehearsal 18 Rehearsal 25 Rehearsal 30 Sunshine District Spring Convention - Orlando (HOH Performance) July 3-10, 2016 Call for more information • 800-595-4849 AND BEYOND... http://www.barbershop.org/nashville/ Jun 10 Annual Show - The Palladium Theater Jun 11 Annual Shows - USF Jun 25 Performance - Terrace Palms Community Church Jul 3 International Convention - Nashville (not competing) Oct 8 Fall Convention - Orlando (International Prelims) Nov 13 First United Methodist Church - Dunedin Dec 10 Christmas Shows - USF School of Music Dec 14 Christmas Show - The Palladium Theatre Midwinter 2017 January 17-22, 2017 San Antonio http://www.barbershop.org/sanantonio/ The Tampa HERALD Page 3 February 2016 We find our effort at the chapter level more basic From the President to our needs, but is supportive of the BHS strategy. by Dave Roberts, Tenor At the chapter level, we manage our resources as follows: Each month I write two articles; one for the Heralds' • Mission – continuous improvement in newsletter and other is a everything we do. status report to our Board • Music – our music product will always be of Directors. Both are my improving and providing exciting performances views on the current and at all our events. The goal is that each event will future state of the Heralds' be better and more satisfying to our patrons. organization and both are a 'mini-blog' where I get to • Membership – in order to grow and improve share my thoughts. our musical product, we need to find singers who like to do what we do. We will offer these This report is more my view and short-term singers musical technique required by our strategy for the Heralds' future. However, I believe barbershop passion and all administrative we can project the future through July, 2018. The support required. 2016 Event Plan is complete and listed below. The development of the 2017 Event Plan has begun with • Money – we will find the financial support to determining the type and number of performances provide for our needs. We are dependent for we need to continue our mission. The 2018 Event our success on our musical product and that is Plan will be the same through the 2018 Orlando so basic to the continuing growth in our patron International Convention and with all the events base. that surround that convention. I end this report with the importance of event I want to digress a bit and share the following. Back selection. Each event that we choose must fit the in my career days, I believed that if we aligned our way we manage our resources – the four ‘M's:' groups/departments work effort with the direction Mission, Music, Membership, Money. By keeping of our corporate management team, then we could our eye on our mission of continuous improvement, see our contribution to our company’s success. the Heralds will continue to be successful. But back It was interesting to read the thoughts of our to 2016, it is going to be a super year ~ so let’s have Barbershop Harmony Society management in one fun! ~Dave of the recent LiveWire articles which referenced a paper written by our Society Chief Executive Officer, 2016 Event Plan Marty Monson. It contained the following: Feb 21 Heralds w/Toast of Tampa - The Villages Through the medium of barbershop harmony, we: Mar 6 Heralds w/Toast of Tampa - Dunedin Mar 13 Heralds w/Toast of Tampa - Lakeland • Maintain & expand supportive services for a global Apr 30 Spring Convention - Orlando community of artists; Jun 10 Annual Show - The Palladium Theater Jun 11 Annual Shows - USF School of Music • Elevate artistic and leadership skills through Jun 25 Heralds - Terrace Palms Comm. Church education and best practices; Jul 3 International Convention - Nashville • Establish lifelong singing as a core community asset; (not competing) Oct 8 Fall Convention – Orlando • Scale our impact by growing social enterprise, Nov 13 Heralds - FUMC - Dunedin individual philanthropy, and institutional Dec 10 Christmas Shows - USF School of Music philanthropy. Dec 14 Christmas Show - The Palladium Theater Ref: http://www.barbershop.org/a-message-from-marty/ The Tampa HERALD Page 4 February 2016 Singing Valentines Quartets Deliver! by Bob Slaney I’ve been getting a lot of very positive feedback from both recipients and from those who gave SVs this weekend. I want to say thank you to those who gave their time to rehearse and to deliver. A special thanks to those who drove the quartets from one delivery location to another. Thanks for the use of your vehicles. I would have enjoyed being out there singing with you, but, manning the phones was very satisfying. We had only one misstep and it was my own fault. Russ Powell, Steve Matheson, John Santamaria, and Ralph Brown surprise the I would encourage those who did not Hosts on WFLA, Ch 8's Daytime show for Valentines Day. participate to do so in 2017. Singing Valentines is one of the most rewarding Delivered experiences that you can have as a Friday, 2/12/16, barbershopper. Saturday, 2/13/16, and Sunday, 2/14/16 Quartet of Dan Deignan, Dave Roberts, Mark Tuttle and Marty Port Dick, Steve, Ed and Greg winging it while singing valentines on Friday. Photo provided by Steve Matheson Quartet of Dan Deignan, Dave Roberts, Mark Tuttle and Marty Port Thank you so much!!!! You guys were a really big hit!!!!! Awesome:) ~William E. Quartet of Dave Roberts, Dan Deignan, Mark Tuttle and Marty Port Marty Port, Dan Deignan, Mark Tuttle and Dave Roberts made several special deliveries on Friday. The Tampa HERALD Page 5 February 2016 Thank you again for yesterday's performance. My wife was totally surprised and she's sharing it with everyone. ~Bruce R This delivery was very special, delivered to the Singing Valentines 2016 wife of a USAF airman who is deployed overseas. by Ed McKenzie, Singing Valentine’s Chairman I’d like to add my thanks to identifying the problem, Bob Slaney’s (on previous I will assume you have page) for the efforts of the best idea for how to the singers and others as fix it. So please give me a well. Shannon Czwalga solution as well. Oh, please handled the Chapter phone don’t tell me in person at and Dianne Roberts rehearsal. Write it down. I spearheaded getting all the want to be able to act on mugs filled. Bob Slaney your suggestion and don’t was naturally the focal want to rely on my memory point as he was manning to get all your details the website and was correct. the voice of the Singing Valentine Operations Sales were down a bit this Center (SVOC). year, owing chiefly, we believe, to Valentine’s Day As in previous years, we like being on a Sunday. to learn each year so that we do not inadvertently For those of us who did get I just want to thank you all from the bottom of repeat mistakes. So any to do some deliveries, it my heart. It really means a lot to me being so far problems you are aware was great fun, as usual. away, and my wife's reaction was priceless! ~Luis of, I would appreciate Above: Dan McFarlane, Steve Matheson, Chuck Steiner, and Ralph Brown pose hearing. And, since you are with SV recipients. The Tampa HERALD Page 6 February 2016 MEMBERSHIP NEWS by Bob Slaney, VP Chapter Development Welcome The year started with a bang. From our first rehearsal on January Guests January 4 through February 1, we had 28 guests who made a total Name # Visits of 51 visits!! Our guest night on January 18 was a huge Al Weitz 1 success with 13 guests in attendance. Thanks to each Bill Colleran 1 of you for inviting and bringing your singing friends, Branigan Lawrence 2 associates and relatives. Please continue to do this. Bryce Cline 2 2016 is a year of opportunity for the Heralds. We Caleb Bunting 1 are working hard to earn the privilege to represent Chris Sharp 1 Sunshine District at International in 2017. Tony has Dave Huff 1 challenged Charlie Nelson and me to deliver 10 or David Seybold 1 more qualified new members before the District Fall Dennis Garner 1 Contest in Orlando.